W. D. Valgardson

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William Dempsey Valgardson (born 7 May 1939) is an Icelandic-Canadian fiction writer and poet. He was a long-time professor of writing at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and a professor of English at Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri.^{[citation needed][when?]}

Valgardson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, of Icelandic descent, and raised in Gimli, Manitoba. He completed his BA at United College, BEd at the University of Manitoba, and his MFA at the University of Iowa.^[1]

His writing often focuses on cultural differences and involve irony and symbolism. His short stories involve normal people in normal situations, who, under certain circumstances, lead unusual and surprising lives.

Valgardson has won numerous awards and accolades including the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for The Girl With the Botticelli Face (1992) and the Books in Canada First Novel Award for Gentle Sinners (1980). His short story Bloodflowers was included in Best American Short Stories 1971.

Bibliography[]

• Bloodflowers: Ten Stories short stories - Oberon Press, 1973
• The Job Anthology, Toronto, CBC radio
• God is Not a Fish Inspector short stories - Oberon Press, 1975
• poetry - Turnstone Press, 1976
• Anthology, Toronto, CBC radio, 1977
• Utvarp Reykjavik, Rikis Utvarpid, Reykjavik, Iceland June 11, 1977
• Red Dust short stories - Oberon Press, 1978
• film Allan Kroeker, Dept.of Education, Manitoba, 1980.
• novel - Oberon Press,1980
• The Burning CBC Radio, Vancouver, 1981
• Bloodflowers Stereo Sound Stage, CBC radio, Toronto, Oct. 30, 1982
• based on "A Place of One's Own", film Directed by: Allan Kroeker Produced by: Michael Scott 1982, 54 min 32 s
• CBC film 105 min, Director: Eric Till, 1983
• Bloodflowers Sundary Matinee, Toronto, CBC radio, March 6, 1983
• Saturday Stereo Theatre, Toronto, CBC radio, Oct. 29 1983
• The Cave Vanishing Point, Toronto CBC Radio, Dec. 28, 1985
• Disasters, CBC radio, Vancouver, 1985
• Icelandic National Radio, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 3–31, 1985
•  : poems—Victoria, B.C. : Skaldhus Press, c1986
• Icelandic National Radio, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 27, 1986
• Sextet, Sunday Matinee, CBC Radio, Feb. 15, 1987
• Seiche State of the Arts, CBC Radio, Jan. 10, 1987
• Morningside, CBC Radio, Jan. 22–26, 5 parts, 1987
• , islensk þýðing Guðrúnar Guðmundsdóttir, ásamt inngangi eftir Harald Bessason—Kópavogi:Sigmar Þormar, 1989.
• short stories, Douglas&McIntyre, 1990
• Stereo Theatre, CBC Radio, (2 hour drama), Oct. 6, 13, 1991
• Wrinkles Arts Encounters, CBC Radio, Winnipeg, 1991
• novel, Douglas&McIntyre, 1992
• Between The Covers, CBC, Toronto, Oct. 4–22, 1993
• Thor children's picture book, illustrated by Ange Zhang - Groundwood, 1994
• - 1st ed. -- Victoria [B.C.] : Published for the Hawthorne Society by Reference West, c1994
• On The Arts, CBC Radio, April 18, 25, 1994
• Icelandic National Radio, Reykjavik, Iceland, trans Solveig Jonsdóttir, Sept., 1994
• The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Nov. 10, 17 Nov. 11, 18, 1994
• novel, Þýðing, Gunar Gunnarsson og Hildur Finnsdóttir. -- Seltjarnarnes [Iceland]: Ormstunga, c1995
• performed by the Inuvik Choral and Theatrical Society, CBC North Radio, Dec. 18, 19, 20, 1995
• illustrated by Ange Zhang. 1st U.S. ed. 1995. -- New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1995, c1994.
• children's picture book, illustrations by Ian Wallace - Groundwood, 1996
• Thor teikningar eftir Ange Zhang; Guðrun B. Guðsteinsdóttir, Íslenkaði—Seltjarnarnes [Iceland]: Ormstunga, 1996
• young people's short stories - Groundwood, 1997
• children's picture book, illustrations by Ian Wallace : till svenska av Aziza Xenia Dhaouadi—Stockholm: Eriksson&Lindgren, 1998
• short stories for junior high - Groundwood, 1998
• A Matter of Balance CBC Radio, Toronto, 1999
• roman; traduit de l'anglais par Jean Chapdelaine Gagnon -- [Montreal]: Les Herbes rouges, 2001
• Frances novel for junior high - Groundwood, 2002
• [electronic resource]. -- New York : Douglas & McIntyre, 2009.
• folk tales from Lake Winnipeg - Turnstone Press, 2011

References[]

External links[]

• W. D. Valgardson in The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Valgardson at Encyclopedia.com
• Tolerance, intolerance, and fanaticism, W.D. Valgardson's reaction to the religious debate in New Iceland – Anderson, Erla Louise Colwill – 2000-05-01 at FGS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies
• W. D. Valgardson at Library of Congress Authorities, with 13 catalogue records

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